’15th Affair’ by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro tops Maclean’s fiction list

Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending May 29 as compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The previous week’s position is in parentheses.

FICTION

1. (2) 15th Affair _ James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

2. (5) Everyone Brave is Forgiven _ Chris Cleave

3. (-) The Fireman _ Joe Hill

4. (3) The Nest _ Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

5. (-) The Noise of Time _ Julian Barnes

6. (1) The Last Mile _ David Baldacci

7. (8) Mothering Sunday _ Graham Swift

8. (-) LaRose _ Louise Erdrich

9. (7) The Naturalist _ Alissa York

10. (10) The High Mountains of Portugal _ Yann Martel

NON-FICTION

1. (-) The Gene: An Intimate History _ Siddhartha Mukherjee

2. (1) The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss _ Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt

3. (2) When Breath Becomes Air _ Paul Kalanithi

4. (3) Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance _ Angela Duckworth

5. (4) Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike _ Phil Knight

6. (7) The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything _ Neil Pasricha

7. (5) The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time _ Arianna Huffington

8. (-) The Romanovs: 1613-1918 _ Simon Sebag Montefiore

9. (8) Lab Girl _ Hope Jahren

10. (9) Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? _ Frans de Waal